Ship chat that actually scales. Ably Chat gives developers a purpose-built API for adding realtime messaging to any app - livestreams, in-game comms, customer support, or group chat. SDKs for JS, React, Swift, and Kotlin. Features include typing indicators, presence, reactions, message edit/delete, read receipts, UI kits, and moderation. Built on infrastructure trusted by HubSpot and 17Live, with guaranteed message ordering, 99.999% uptime, and a global edge network. Scale with confidence.
Realtime infra is one of those things where correctness > features every time. At your scale, I’m more curious about message ordering guarantees under partition than the API surface itself.
i wonder how pricing scales with usage. That’s usually the deciding factor for me in the long run.
The mention of AI agents alongside chat is interesting real time infra is evolving beyond human messaging now.
scaling chat for livestreams is the final boss of dev. handle millions of concurrent users without the message order getting cooked... if ably chat actually solves this, it's a game changer. @Ably Realtime@faye_mcclenahan1
About Ably Chat on Product Hunt
“The Chat API built for serious scale”
Ably Chat launched on Product Hunt on April 13th, 2026 and earned 76 upvotes and 9 comments, placing #20 on the daily leaderboard. Ship chat that actually scales. Ably Chat gives developers a purpose-built API for adding realtime messaging to any app - livestreams, in-game comms, customer support, or group chat. SDKs for JS, React, Swift, and Kotlin. Features include typing indicators, presence, reactions, message edit/delete, read receipts, UI kits, and moderation. Built on infrastructure trusted by HubSpot and 17Live, with guaranteed message ordering, 99.999% uptime, and a global edge network. Scale with confidence.
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Faye McClenahan
Realtime infra is one of those things where correctness > features every time.
At your scale, I’m more curious about message ordering guarantees under partition than the API surface itself.